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by VoodooJuJu 947 days ago
>People crave Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose

I'm not a sack of chemicals whose desires can be reduced down to some pithy pseudo-scientific Maslowian quip. The only thing I crave from my job is cash so I can take care of me and my family. 250k/yr for a COBOL position would suit that end just fine. You can keep your autonomy, mastery, purpose, and all the other foofoo, just hand me the check so I can be on my way.
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wolverine876 947 days ago
> I'm not a sack of chemicals whose desires can be reduced down to some pithy pseudo-scientific Maslowian quip. The only thing I crave from my job is cash

I thought you were against reductionism?

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VoodooJuJu 947 days ago
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reductionism
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Cyphase 946 days ago
They were replying to someone who was saying something about "people"; they only said something about "I" (themselves).
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johnnyanmac 946 days ago
>The only thing I crave from my job is cash so I can take care of me and my family

sounds like purpose, of which you need mastery of some skillset to earn your autonomy to furfill.

That said, I'm sure there's much easier ways to earn 250k than untangling a governement codebase. Not that they are offering that to begin with.

>just hand me the check so I can be on my way.

Yeah, you probably wouldn't pass clearance with that attitude if we're being frank.

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